The Xbox 360 is less than halfway done, and the PS3 is a “ten year” console. But what about Wii? Satoru Iwata says new hardware could come “three years from now, five years from now or eight years from now.”
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-says-xbox-360-is-less-than-halfway-done-5279383
Dear lord. Eight years with no HD and a processor that won’t allow the new Super Mario Bros. on Wii to feature online play?
https://kotaku.com/no-online-play-for-new-super-mario-bros-5278060
On the HD front, Iwata says, “If we have an opportunity to make a new console, it will probably support HD because it is now common throughout the world. However, as far as the Wii is concerned, we have not found a significant reason to make it HD-compatible at this time. What is the significant meaning to the users? I don’t think we should do it unless we find that reason.”
Ashcraft notes that Japan stops analog broadcasting in 2011, so he’s suspecting we’ll actually see a new Nintendo console sometime before—so more like three years. [VentureBeat via Kotaku]
https://kotaku.com/new-nintendo-console-maybe-in-3-5-or-8-years-5279764
